No clear links were revealed when figures on enrollment declines in 10 urban school ditricts were compared with data about service reductions. Districts reduced their services primarily in response to citywide fiscal crises. Costs of compensatory education for disadvantaged and handicapped pupils offset staff reductions in other areas. (PP)

The relationships between demographic trends, student characteristics (age, ethnic background, marital status), enrollment trends, and demand for on-campus and off-campus housing are examined. Effects of availability of housing on enrollment are also discussed. Institutional policy implications are outlined. (MSE)

College students in the 1980s pursue narrow, personal, career-oriented goals; consequently, enrollment in the liberal arts is falling. Students are missing the opportunity for exposure to liberal learning and are not developing habits of reflective thinking and an expanded vision. (PP)

Faced with declining enrollments and poor morale, U.S. higher education must address the fundamental issue of how a modern society organizes to develop its people. A new human learning system requires citizen awareness of self-development needs, a sense of the individual's place in society, and interinstitutional cooperation. Examples are…

Uses a model portraying school district decision makers as "consumers" to analyze fiscal strain's causes (enrollment decline, input price increases, and changes in input mix) as variants of the general consumer model. Measures the impact of each cause of fiscal strain and discusses implications for state and federal aid. (Author/RW)

Each level of higher education funding decision making--governor, legislature, state coordinating agency, system boards, and campus administration--is examined and the decision alternatives available to each are discussed. It is found that campuses have more freedom and capability than higher levels to apply reductions differentially rather than…

Although in the late 1960s and early 1970s, there was a precipitous decline in private school enrollment, this trend has reversed itself. The function of schooling as one of socialization or education is debated. The roles of government and religion in education are discussed. (JN)

Due to the changing composition of the student body, college health services are becoming increasingly important and could play an active role in student retention. Realities which need to be faced by college health services include: (1) recession and budget cuts; (2) environmental health and safety activities; and (3) the impact of national…

Discusses current problems in engineering education, including faculty shortages, growing undergraduate and declining graduate enrollments, aging facilities and obsolescent laboratories, status and needs of and opportunities for engineers, and the quality of engineering graduates. Proposes some solutions to resolve the problems. (SK)

To develop systematic procedures for determining and closing gaps between current and desired conditions, the North York (Ontario) Board of Education developed a long-range plan in 1979 to provide guidelines for school consolidation in response to declining enrollment, to be included in broader context of planning for the total system. (NEC)

Reviews the issues and assumptions underlying college articulation and transfer. A result of declining enrollment is the removal of artificial barriers to student transfers, and an increasing emphasis on recruitment and services aimed at transfer students. Adjustments in higher education reflect changes in the economy and society in general. (JAC)

Six administrators share their ideas on such things as curriculum change, administrator role, a leisure activities day, career education, and enrollment decline--all in the context of the small school. (JM)

The context for managing higher education facilities in the 1980s is put into perspective with a call for leadership by states and institutions to preserve the quality, flavor, and diversity of higher education. Declining enrollment, inflation, negative attitudes toward colleges, public v private education, and the state's role are discussed.…

Reviews factors in modern language programs' declining enrollments, pointing to attendant failures of Americans to communicate on the international level. Describes efforts to counter this trend through interdisciplinary, internationally oriented curricula with a strong foreign language component. (MES)

Describes the community college as a dynamic, mobile, and evolving institution. Cites ten societal needs and higher education's role in fulfilling them. Enumerates the instructional, quasi-instructional, and facilitating functions of the community college and advocates providing expanded services to high school dropouts and graduates who do not…